Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'The way out is through': Zuckerberg, execs set Facebook roadmap at year-end meeting
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's top executives sought to rally employees around business priorities like commerce and virtual reality at a year-end meeting on Tuesday, playing down ...
Dec 15, 2020
A dinosaur with 'hair' and 'ribbons' has scientists enthralled
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 110 million years ago along the shores of an ancient lagoon in what is now northeastern Brazil, a two-legged chicken-sized Cretaceous Period dinosaur made a...
Dec 15, 2020
Lions hire Spielman as special assistant
The Detroit Lions on Tuesday hired former NFL linebacker and current broadcaster Chris Spielman as a special assistant to the team's chairman and president and CEO. Per the Lions, Spielman will report...
Dec 15, 2020
Gmail down for more than 1000 users - Downdetector
(Reuters) - Gmail, Google's e-mailing platform, was down for more than 1,000 users on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. The site, which tracks outages, showed there were about 1,100 incidents of...
Dec 15, 2020
U.S. Senate Democrat discussed climate crisis with Biden's No. 2 pick for Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said he discussed economic relief and the role the U.S. Treasury will play in tackling the climate crisis with U.S. Preside...
Dec 15, 2020
‘It’s just weird’: Pandemic uncertainty on recruiting trail
By: Steve Megargee The personal touch that helps coaches sell their programs to blue-chip prospects is missing this year. Restrictions brought about by the pandemic prevent face-to-face communication ...
Dec 15, 2020
Northern Ireland hospital treating patients in parked ambulances
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Patients were being treated in the back of ambulances in a Northern Ireland hospital car park on Tuesday, a health official said, a day after a warning that COVID-19 was putting hea...
Dec 15, 2020
EU pushes gradual return to airport slot competition -sources
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to end a freeze on access to airport slots next year, when a travel recovery from the coronavirus crisis is expected to be underway, aviati...
Dec 15, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro recognizes Biden victory, reaches out to president-elect
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he had begun the process of reaching out formally to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, making the far-right South American leader ...
Dec 15, 2020
Mexico's foreign minister says expects a rise in migration to the United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said he expects migration to the United States to increase and added his government wants to convince Washington to change i...
Dec 15, 2020
